​​Welcome aboard!

Despacio, it means "slow down"... some people choose to ignore it. We were forced to slow down by a Papagayo wind event. We tried to get to Playa Del Coco by Thursday so we could check out by Friday and sail on the weather window at dawn Saturday. Instead, we slowed way down. We ended up in Papagayo Marina and washed up everything while waiting for Monday morning.

Costa Rica is so much drier than I expected. And so much more beautiful than I expected. More like Northern California in the summer, except for lots more humidity. All over Central America they burn. They burn so they can grow or build, or just to get rid of the old but the dry season is one smokey time.

We rented a car Monday morning and drove out to the Immigration's office down at Coco Beach... about a 30 minute ride. We were early and had a Tico breakfast of beans & rice and eggs. It was a great way to start the day. We rented a car Monday morning and drove out to the Immigration's office down at Coco Beach... about a 30 minute ride. We were early and had a Tico breakfast of beans & rice and eggs. It was a great way to start the day.

We had to drive out to the airport area and then back to Playa del Coco and then back to the marina. We broke all records and made it back to the boat by noon (completely ignoring the Despacio signage). Dois and I decided to take the shortened weather window and head as far up Nicaragua as we could before the winds started up again.